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[ECP] Table Custom Control [message #1725161]

Tue, 01 March 2016 10:23

Roxana Paun

Messages: 7
Registered: October 2015

Junior Member

Hello again,

I was just wondering what is the best approach for adding a customized table in ECP.

The view model Table Control is not sufficient, since the content of a cell should include more attributes, the columns name should represent the values of other attributes. Moreover the table should have other features like copy and paste row/column, reordering of rows/columns etc.
I saw that there is a TableControlSWTRenderer. Is it a good idea to start from it or should I create another renderer from scratch?

Thank you and regards,
Roxana

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Re: [ECP] Table Custom Control [message #1725412 is a reply to message #1725161]

Thu, 03 March 2016 11:06

Johannes Faltermeier

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Registered: December 2013

Senior Member

Hi Roxana

When the Table Control View Model is not sufficient for your requirement you can use a Custom Control (http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/tutorials/emf-forms-view-model-elements/#customcontrols).
Since the 1.8 release of EMFForms, the TableRenderer you are mentioning is using a new feature: the org.eclipse.emfforms.spi.swt.table.TableViewerFactory
This class and the associated TableViewerSWTBuilder decouple a lot the code from the renderer from the table control view model element. So I think you should check out this util as well.

Cheers
Johannes

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Re: [ECP] Table Custom Control [message #1725536 is a reply to message #1725412]

Fri, 04 March 2016 08:53

Jonas Helming

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi,

second note on this:
Instead of implementing a custom control, you can of course also adapt
the table renderer or implement a custom table renderer. In most cases,
I would probably prefer this option. It depends a little bit on your use
case, though.

Best regards

Jonas

Am 03.03.2016 um 12:06 schrieb Johannes Faltermeier:
> Hi Roxana
>
> When the Table Control View Model is not sufficient for your requirement
> you can use a Custom Control
> (http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/tutorials/emf-forms-view-model-elements/#customcontrols).
> Since the 1.8 release of EMFForms, the TableRenderer you are mentioning
> is using a new feature: the
> org.eclipse.emfforms.spi.swt.table.TableViewerFactory
> This class and the associated TableViewerSWTBuilder decouple a lot the
> code from the renderer from the table control view model element. So I
> think you should check out this util as well.
> Cheers
> Johannes

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